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In proxy vector autoregressive models, the structural shocks of interest are identified by an instrument. Although heteroscedasticity is occasionally allowed for in inference, it is typically taken for granted that the impact effects of the structural shocks are time-invariant despite the change in their variances. We develop a test for this implicit assumption and present evidence that the assumption ...
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Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
40 (2022), 3, S. 1268-1281
| Helmut Lütkepohl, Thore Schlaak
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This randomized controlled trial examines the effect of a new finance training style during which participants are given personalized feedback on their financial business outcomes in addition to a rule-of-thumb training approach. We compare this with the effects of a rule-of-thumb training by itself and a control group. Targeting about 500 small entrepreneurs in Uganda, we find that the personalized ...
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Economic Development and Cultural Change
70 (2022), 3, S. 1197-1227
| Antonia Grohmann, Lukas Menkhoff, Helke Seitz
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A large body of empirical evidence has accumulated showing that the experience of old age is “younger,” more “agentic,” and “happier” than ever before. However, it is not yet known whether historical improvements in well-being, control beliefs, cognitive functioning, and other outcomes generalize to individuals’ views on their own aging process. To examine historical changes in such views on aging, ...
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Psychology and Aging
37 (2022), 3, S. 413-429
| Hans-Werner Wahl, Johanna Drewelies, Sandra Duezel, Margie E. Lachman, Jacqui Smith, Peter Eibich, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth, Ulman Lindenberger, Gert G. Wagner, Nilam Ram, Denis Gerstorf
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There are numerous challenges to studying structural inequality in sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, from the difficulty of obtaining a representative sample to issues comparing data across populations. This data brief illustrates how the largest household panel survey in Germany, the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and its recent nationwide boost sample of SGM households, Sample Q, ...
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European Sociological Review
38 (2022), 2, S. 321-335
| Mirjam M. Fischer, Martin Kroh, Lisa De Vries, David Kasprowski, Simon Kühne, David Richter, Zaza Zindel
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This paper examines the experienced well-being of employed and unemployed workers. We use the survey-adapted Day Reconstruction Method of the Innovation Sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study to analyze the role of the employment status for well-being, incorporating time use. We use the novel P-index to summarize the average share of pleasurable minutes on a day and show that in contrast to ...
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Social Indicators Research
163 (2022), 2, S. 691–721
| Tobias Wolf, Maria Metzing, Richard E. Lucas
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This paper shows that labor demand plays an important role in the labor market reactions to a pension reform in Germany. Employers with a high share of older worker inflow compared with their younger worker inflow, employers in sectors with few investments in research and development, and employers in sectors with a high share of collective bargaining agreements allow their employees to stay employed ...
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Industrial Relations
61 (2022), 2, S. 152-192
| Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Svenja Lorenz, Thomas Zwick, Mona Bruns
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A considerable share of low-skilled workers in Germany perform speciali-zed activities for which some kind of formal vocational qualification is required.This article examines the role of non-formal in-company training for the careeradvancement of low-skilled workers in the internal labor market. The focus is onthe role of regulating structures. Based on the human capital and filter theory aswell as ...
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Soziale Welt
73 (2022), 2, S. 309-352
| Philip Wotschack, Claire Samtleben
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We combine theory and evidence on incubator and accelerator programmes and their effects on urban economic development. These structured co-working programmes have grown rapidly. However, a rich descriptive literature reveals little about their impact on participants or surrounding urban areas. We situate programmes in a conceptual framework of co-location tools, theorise objectives and benefits and ...
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Urban Studies
59 (2022), 2, S 281-300
| Margarida Madaleno, Max Nathan, Henry Overman, Sevrin Waights
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The existential threat to small businesses, based on their crucial role in the economy, is behind the plethora of scholarly studies in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining the 15 contributions of the special issue on the “Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses,” the paper comprises four parts: a systematic review of the literature on the ...
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Small Business Economics
58 (2022), 2, S.593–609
| Maksim Belitski, Christina Guenther, Alexander S. Kritikos, Roy Thurik
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Introduction: Control beliefs can protect against age-related declines in functioning. It is unclear whether neighborhood characteristics shape how much control people perceive over their life. This article studies associations of neighborhood characteristics with control beliefs of residents of a diverse metropolitan area (Berlin, Germany). Methods: We combine self-report data about perceptions of ...
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Gerontology
68 (2022), 2,S. 214–223
| Johanna Drewelies, Peter Eibich, Sandra Düzel, Simone Kühn, Christian Krekel, Jan Goebel, Jens Kolbe, Ilja Demuth, Ulman Lindenberger, Gert G. Wagner, Denis Gerstorf